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    Westerlund 1 (abbreviated Wd1, sometimes called Ara Cluster) is a compact young super star cluster about 3.8 kpc (12,000 ly) away from Earth. It is thought...
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    Westerlund 1 W26 (commonly abbreviated to W26) or Westerlund 1 BKS AS is a red supergiant located at the outskirts of the Westerlund 1 super star cluster...
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    Westerlund 1 W237, also known as Wd 1-237 or Westerlund 1 BKS B, is a possible red supergiant (RSG) in the constellation of Ara. It is one out of four...
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    Westerlund 1 W75 or Wd 1-75 is a red supergiant (RSG) located in the Westerlund 1 super star cluster. Its radius is calculated to be around 668 solar...
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  • Westerlund may refer to: Westerlund 1, a star cluster Westerlund 2, a star cluster 2902 Westerlund, a Main-belt Asteroid Anna Westerlund (born 1989), Finnish...
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    Westerlund 1-20 (abbreviated to Wd 1-20 or just W20) is a red supergiant (RSG) located in the Westerlund 1 super star cluster. Its radius was calculated...
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    the most massive and luminous stars known List of most massive stars Westerlund 1 W26 NML Cygni WOH G64 – Most likely the largest known star VY Canis Majoris...
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    Westerlund 1-243 or Wd 1-243 is a luminous blue variable (LBV) star undergoing an eruptive phase located within the outskirts of the super star cluster...
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    of Ara. Within the constellation is Westerlund 1, a super star cluster that contains the red supergiant Westerlund 1-26, one of the largest stars known...
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    Westerlund 2 is an obscured compact young star cluster (perhaps even a super star cluster) in the Milky Way, with an estimated age of about one or two...
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    no O3 or WN6 stars at all. The rich red supergiant clusters such as Westerlund 1 are too old to contain such stars, although may be even more massive...
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  • star clusters, Westerlund 1, Westerlund 2 and Westerlund 3. He also discovered the red supergiant, WOH G64. Asteroid 2902 Westerlund was named after...
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    Hsia, Chih-Hao; Deguchi, Shuji (November 2012). "Maser Observations of Westerlund 1 and Comprehensive Considerations on Maser Properties of Red Supergiants...
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    070610). CXO J164710.2-455216, located in the massive galactic cluster Westerlund 1, which formed from a star with a mass in excess of 40 solar masses. SWIFT...
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    the LMC. Westerlund also discovered another notable red supergiant star, Westerlund 1-26, found in the massive super star cluster Westerlund 1 in the constellation...
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    Region: Star 13, type O, LBV candidate Star 18, type O, LBV candidate In Westerlund 1: W5 (possible Wolf–Rayet) W7 W13 (binary?) W16a W27 W30 W33 W42a Yellow...
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    Hsia, Chih-Hao; Deguchi, Shuji (2012-11-20). "Maser Observations of Westerlund 1 and Comprehensive Considerations on Maser Properties of Red Supergiants...
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    hypergiants: Mu Cephei VV Cephei A NML Cygni S Persei UY Scuti VY Canis Majoris Westerlund 1 W26 WOH G64: transitioned into a yellow hypergiant in 2014. KY Cygni...
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  • (2019-01-22). The red supergiants in the supermassive stellar cluster Westerlund 1 (Mestrado em Astronomia thesis). São Paulo, Brazil: Universidade de São...
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  • smartphone Small stellated dodecahedron Toyota MR2 (W20), a sports car Westerlund 1-20, a star W2O Group, with a letter O in place of the digit 0 This disambiguation...
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    first JWST deep field with diffraction spikes JWST image of star cluster Westerlund 1 with diffraction spikes JWST image of the spiral galaxy NGC 7469 with...
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    anomalous X-ray pulsar and magnetar in the massive galactic open cluster Westerlund 1. It is the brightest X-ray source in the cluster, and was discovered...
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    galactic and extragalactic red supergiants (and hypergiants) such as Westerlund 1 W26 and WOH G64. Despite this, VY Canis Majoris is still often described...
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  • best observed and photographed in radio and infrared. SSCs, such as Westerlund 1 (Wd1), have been found in the Milky Way Galaxy. However, most have been...
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  • Ernst Westerlund (18 March 1893 – 13 October 1961) was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Ernst...
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    thought to be the precursors of globular clusters. Examples include Westerlund 1 in the Milky Way. In 2005, astronomers discovered a new type of star...
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    point source population of the Young Massive Cluster Westerlund 1". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 477 (1): 147–163. Bibcode:2008A&A...477..147C. doi:10...
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  • Japanese minesweeper W-26 Small triambic icosahedron Thalanyji language Westerlund 1 W26, a star This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...
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    H. K; Hsia, Chih-Hao; Deguchi, Shuji (2012). "Maser Observations of Westerlund 1 and Comprehensive Considerations on Maser Properties of Red Supergiants...
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    Edvard Vilhelm "Eetu" Westerlund (1 February 1901 – 7 December 1982) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland. He competed at the 1924, 1928 and 1936 Olympics...
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